Bilateral nerve-sparing extraperitoneal visual laser ablation radical prostatectomy: potency rates after 1 year follow up.

Purpose: Wide variations exist in the methods for reporting potency following radical prostatectomy. In this group we used a validated questionnaires pre and post operatively to access relative return to normal sexual function after bilateral nerve-sparing visual laser ablation radical prostatectomy (VLAP).

Materials And Methods: One hundred and twenty four patients with ages ranging from 45 to 70 years old were evaluated in the period between January 2004 and March 2007.